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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Anna Rosenberry, Administrative Services Director
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 4544 – AMENDING SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES FOR THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA SOLID WASTE SERVICES.
MEETING DATE: August 25, 2014
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Action RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. 4544 after holding a public hearing and
taking comment on the proposed fee changes.
BACKGROUND: The City establishes the fees for Solid Waste Collection services by resolution, after a public hearing.
The previous fee Resolution No. 4458 (passed on the 5th day of August 2013) established rates
for two fiscal years, FY14 and FY15. The rates were based on the recommendations of SAIC, a consulting firm that had been hired to perform a rate study analysis. That analysis pointed out that the fee charged for our 35-gallon tote service was not recovering the cost of providing the
service.
Since that time, we have implemented single-source recycling. Many customers are now opting for a recycling bin and downsizing from a 65 or 100-gallon garbage tote to a 35-gallon garbage tote. In light of this increase in demand for 35-gallon totes, we don’t believe we should continue
to under-charge for the service. This resolution establishes the rate study’s cost recovery
amount as the monthly service fee for the 35-gallon tote, weekly service.
We have pro-rated increase to the 35-gallon tote, monthly service (very few customers.)
None of the other fees will be adjusted from the resolution that was adopted in 2013.
We have prepared the resolution in an underline-strikeout method so as to show how the amendment will change the current resolution.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None.
ALTERNATIVES: Continue to under-charge for 35-gallon totes. However, we will need to try to grow additional revenues to cover the Solid Waste Fund budget in FY15. This will be
difficult to accomplish, since the “under-charge” segment of customers keeps growing.
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FISCAL EFFECTS: This resolution will increase the charge for 35-gallon tote customers of
the City’s solid waste collection service, beyond the original planned increase that was adopted
in 2013. This is expected to effect approximately 2,850 customers and add approximately
$5,500/month to the solid waste fund.
Under the existing resolution, 35-Gallon weekly collection service is slated to increase by
$0.27/month. The new resolution proposes adding another $1.93/month for the 35-Gallon
weekly collection service.
Weekly Collection: September 1, 2014 –
Old Resolution
September 1, 2014 –
New Resolution
Monthly Increase
35 Gallon Tote $ 12.03 $13.96 $1.93
Monthly Collection:
35 Gallon Tote $ 8.93 $10.38 $1.45
In total, the 35-Gallon weekly collection service would increase by $2.20 between the effect of the adopted and proposed rate changes. The total change for the monthly collection service
would be $1.64.
Attachments: Resolution No. 4544 Report compiled on: August 6, 2014
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 4544
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, AMENDING SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES WITHIN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN.
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Bozeman did adopt Ordinance No. 1493 on the 17th day of May 1999, providing for the billing of solid waste collection fees on a monthly basis; and
WHEREAS, said Ordinance No. 1493 provides for the setting of fees by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Bozeman City Commission did regularly pass Commission Resolution No. 4458 on the 5th day of August 2013, which Resolution established a revised solid
waste collection fee schedule; and
WHEREAS, the City of Bozeman continues to incur additional costs in its operation of the collection and disposal of solid waste and seeks to recover more of the actual costs of collecting 35 gallon totes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, and it is hereby ordered by the Commission
of the City of Bozeman, State of Montana: Section 1 To defray the estimated cost and expense of collecting and disposing of solid
waste in the City of Bozeman, the existing schedule established to be levied upon all
users of the City’s solid waste collection system and those not served by a licensed private solid waste collection service, as set forth in Schedule A of Resolution No. 4458 be amended as follows:
A. Automated Collection System Fees
For those accounts on the automated collection system, the fees shall be as follows:
Weekly Collection: September 1, 2013 September 1, 2014
35 Gallon Tote $ 11.76
$ 12.03
$13.96
65 Gallon Tote $ 17.95 $ 18.35
100 Gallon Tote $ 23.00 $ 23.51
220 Gallon Tote $ 39.26 $ 39.26
300 Gallon Tote $ 49.22 $ 49.22
450 Gallon Tote $ 70.92 $ 70.92
Monthly Collection:
35 Gallon Tote $ 8.74 $ 8.93 $10.38
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PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana
at a regular session thereof held on the 25th day of August, 2014.
__________________________________
JEFFREY K. KRAUSS
Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________________
STACY ULMEN, CMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
__________________________________ GREG SULLIVAN City Attorney
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NOTICE HEARING ON FINAL ADOPTION OF COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO.4544 –
AMENDING SOLID WASTE COLLECTION FEES FOR THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
MONTANA SOLID WASTE SERVICES.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant with MCA 7-6-4013, said Commission Resolution No. 4544 Amending Solid Waste Collection Fees for the City of Bozeman
Solid Waste Services is now on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of
Bozeman, subject to inspection of all persons interested, for a period of six (6) days from
the date of first publication; that Monday, August 25, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at a regular session of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, in the Commission Room, City Hall, 121 N Rouse Avenue, Bozeman, Mt has been designated as the time and place when and
where the Commission will hear and pass upon any and all objections that may be made
to the final passage and adoption of said Commission Resolution No. 4544, subject to
such corrections and amendments that may be made upon objections made and filed with the City Clerk as provided by law.
Commission Resolution No. 4458 established rate changes for all Solid Waste service
customers that will go into effect on September 1, 2014. This resolution amends those
changes for 35 gallon totes only. Under Commission Resolution No. 4544, typical thirty-five (35) gallon tote customers will see an increase of $2.20/month to $13.96/month. Those customers receiving once-per-month 35 gallon service will increase by
$1.64/month to $10.38/month.
Dated this 14th Day of August, 2014
___________________________ Stacy Ulmen
City Clerk
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